Red-fronted Barbet

SCI Name:  Tricholaema diademata
Protonym:  Pogonorhynchus diadematus Ibis p.124,126 pl.5
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Lybiidae / Tricholaema
Taxonomy Code:  refbar2
Type Locality:  Steppes of the Kitsch Negros between lat. 7° and 8° N., upper White Nile.
Author:  von Heuglin
Publish Year:  1861
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TRICHOLAEMA
(Lybiidae; Ϯ Hairy-breasted Barbet T. hirsuta flavipunctata) Gr. θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos  hair; λαιμος laimos  throat; "Gen. Tricholaema Jules et Ed. Verr.   Genus Bucconinum inter Megalaemas et Laemodontas intermedium. Rostrum robustum, basi dilatatum, apice compressum; maxilla culmine incurvo, margine dente medio instructa; mandibula grandi recta; pedes modici, robusti. Alae longiusculae; remigum 1. brevissima, 2. longitudine remigum secondariarum, 3. 4 et 5 omnium longissimis. Cauda brevis, subrotundata. Plumae thoracis in setulas elongata desinentes.    4. Tricholaema flavipunctata J. et Ed. Verr.   ...  toutes les plumes du thorax filiformes, à baguettes très prolongées" (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux 1855); "Tricholaema J. and E. Verreaux, Journ. f. Orn., 3, March, 1855, p. 102. Type, by monotypy, Tricholaema flavipunctata J. and E. Verreaux." (Peters 1948, VI, 51).

diademata / diadematum / diadematus
L. diadematus  diademed  < diadema  diadem  < Gr. διαδημα diadēma  diadem, royal head-dress.

SUBSPECIES

Red-fronted Barbet (diademata)
SCI Name: Tricholaema diademata diademata
diademata / diadematum / diadematus
L. diadematus  diademed  < diadema  diadem  < Gr. διαδημα diadēma  diadem, royal head-dress.

Red-fronted Barbet (massaica)
SCI Name: Tricholaema diademata massaica
massaica / massaicum / massaicus
Massai, Masai or Maasai, a semi-nomadic people of Kenya and northern Tanzania.